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Note from the Editors

The steeply rising prices of oil and gas in America (presently $4.69 for a gallon of regular in Boonville, CA -- up 40 cents in a week) are creating the typical opportunistic assertions about the need for more drilling as opposed to less driving, higher fuel efficiency cars, or eco-friendly alternatives. It is timely, then, that Manuel García, Jr. provides a fascinating paradigm for analyzing the logic behind the energy choices we make, a must-read for policy makers and consumers alike. So too are Gilles d'Aymery's Martian Blips, with his latest analysis of the attack on the eurozone and why all of us should be concerned about the fate of Greece; the destructive shenanigans of the ratings agencies; an e-mail hack attack at Swans headquarters; a bit of merde about one child left behind, and more. On to the US perpetual elections: The spectacle of debates and attacks, posturing and positioning, is reaching new highs and lows in the quest for power, the price of admission, and the quality of character. Michael DeLang examines the exit strategy when applied to voting as a means to undermine the American political duopoly and make our voices count. And for a bit of sociopolitical irony, Manuel García, Jr. envisions a free-market abortion-free America that requires applied Christianity without hypocrisy, hence is impossible. What logically follows is Part II of Michael Barker's series on Henry Fairfield Osborn, the once-popular American scientist whose eugenic ideas persist today as an integral part of the ruling class' war against humanity.

On the cultural front, Peter Byrne gives us a history of France through a review of three books spanning from 1935 to 2004. Raju Peddada finds an invaluable memento in the form of a boarding pass that transported him back to France and India, while Francesca Saieva contemplates what's poetic in poetry, examining cosmopolitan multilinguism, including that of Guido Monte. Peter Byrne shares a short word on the long and colorful life of publisher Barney Rosset, and Guido Monte does that of which Saieva writes, poetically describing the enigma of our interior existence. We close with your letters on the demise of the eurozone, Jonah Raskin's Jack London review, Manuel García Jr.'s advice on Ron Paul, Gilles d'Aymery's remembrance of Martin Murie, and a letter on letters to the editor.

A few selected issues that landed on the Editor's desk, from the eurozone's Greek bailout, its rating downgrade, and why the rest of us should care; the rating agencies' failed recommendations and soaring profits, and more on their shenanigans; an e-mail hacker strikes Swans headquarters; and some merde de vache for a laugh, of sorts.
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The February 13 edition inspired reader feedback, from the demise of the eurozone, Jonah Raskin's Jack London review, Manuel García Jr.'s advice on Ron Paul, Gilles d'Aymery's remembrance of Martin Murie, to a letter on letters to the editor.
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